Tuberculosis has plagued humanity for thousands of years, and despite medical advances that can now help us prevent and cure ...

In its effort to correlate genomic structure with gene function, the 4D Nucleome Consortium (4DN), led by Job Dekker, Ph.D., ...

A new drug candidate shows promise by reversing cognitive decline in advanced Alzheimer's disease by restoring brain balance ...

A new study shows human immune systems differ across populations, raising new questions for medicine and global drug research ...

Dry eye disease happens when the lacrimal glands do not make enough tears, or the tears do not have the right balance of ...

DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave.

For the first time, scientists have answered a longstanding question in cell biology about a partnership of proteins called ...

Precision and timing of gene expression is essential for normal biological functions and, when disrupted, can lead to many ...

A giant functional atlas of immune cells in a Chinese cohort reveals crucial differences with European and Japanese data sets ...

A Northwestern Medicine study has revealed a previously unknown connection between two fundamental cellular processes, ...

Folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, is an important B-vitamin with many vital functions in the human body. It was discovered in the early 1930s when an English scientist isolated a compound from ...

Funding supports safety studies, manufacturing and clinical planning needed before applying to test the treatment in patients ...